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The development of the haiku was largely the work of Basho (1643–1694), whose feeling for Zen wanted to express itself in a type of poetry altogether in the spirit of wu-shih–“nothing special ...”

... Basho wrote his haiku in the simplest type of Japanese speech, naturally avoiding literary and “highbrow” language, so creating a style which made it possible for ordinary people to be poets. --- Alan W. Watts. The Way of Zen (p. 184). Vintage. Kindle Edition.